"Crossroads" Cream | CME Full Band Fridays

Located in the heart of the nation’s hub, Chicago Music Exchange has built a reputation among musicians and instrument collectors as a shop where tradition and innovation intersect. This Full Band Friday, the CME House Band traces a century of tradition and innovation—both in terms of guitar design and the music that’s played on them—with Cream’s rock ‘n’ roll update to early American roots music, using a Gibson Custom Shop ES-335 designed to meticulously replicate Clapton’s own on their cover of “Crossroads.” SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE CHICAGO MUSIC EXCHANGE!! More About "Crossroads" "Cross Road Blues" (also known as "Crossroads") is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936. Johnson performed it as a solo piece with his vocal and acoustic slide guitar in the Delta blues-style. The song has become part of the Robert Johnson mythology as referring to the place where he supposedly sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for his musical talents, although the lyrics do not contain any specific references. Bluesman Elmore James revived the song with recordings in 1954 and 1960–1961. English guitarist Eric Clapton with Cream popularized the song as "Crossroads" in the late 1960s. Their blues rock interpretation inspired many cover versions and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included it as one of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". Rolling Stone placed it at number three on the magazine's list of the "Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" in recognition of Clapton's guitar work. More Full Band Fridays! "Highway Star" Deep Purple | CME Full Band Fridays:    • "Highway Star" Deep Purple | CME Full Band...   "Kool Thing" Sonic Youth | CME Full Band Fridays:    • "Kool Thing" Sonic Youth | CME Full Band F...   "State of Love and Trust" Pearl Jam | Full Band Fridays:    • "State of Love and Trust" Pearl Jam | Full...   Gear Used: Gibson Custom Eric Clapton Crossroads '64 ES-335 Marshall JTM45 2245 30w Plexi Tube Amp Head 4x12 Marshal Cab Fender Vintage Modified '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb Silverface Benson Amps Flower Child Preamp Pedal Gibson USA Les Paul Junior Tribute Bass Worn Brown Epiphone USA Frontier Frontier Burst w/Pickup Ampeg B15-R Portaflex Ludwig Classic Oak Kit Ludwig Pewter Over Copper Snare Recording Gear Used: Universal Audio Apollo X8 AEA R88 MkII Stereo Ribbon Microphone Shure Beta 52A Supercardioid Dynamic Kick Drum Microphone AEA N22 Active Ribbon Microphone Shure SM58 Shure SM57 Featuring Zach Avery - Guitar/Vocals Mike Larsen - Bass Zach Moore - Drums Songs Played: 00:00 - 03:10 "Crossroads" Cream More Chicago Music Exchange: Instagram - https://bit.ly/3gdPSSV Twitter - https://bit.ly/2RuYOci Facebook - https://bit.ly/3e4FI4C Pinterest - https://bit.ly/3ea3BHZ Check out our Giveaways page to win gear! - https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/... Download the CME App today!! IOS - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chicago... Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... #chicagomusicexchange #cme #fullbandfridays #coverband #cream #ericclapton #crossroads Lyrics I went down to the crossroads Fell down on my knees Down to the crossroads Fell down on my knees Asked the Lord above for mercy Take me, if you please I went down to the crossroads Tried to flag a ride Down to the crossroads Tried to flag a ride Nobody seemed to know me Everybody passed me by Well, I'm going down to Rosedale Take my rider by my side Going down to Rosedale Take my rider by my side You can still borrow a house, baby On the riverside Going down to Rosedale Take my rider by my side Going down to Rosedale Take my rider by my side You can still borrow a house, baby On the riverside You can run, you can run Tell my friend boy Willie Brown Run, you can run Tell my friend boy Willie Brown And I'm standing at the crossroads Believe I'm sinking down